Mistake or Lies? Why did we really go to war in Iraq? Hijacking Catastrophe places the Bush Administration's false justification for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War while projecting American power globally by means of force. In chilling detail, the documentary exposes how the Bush Administration sold this radical plan to pre-emptive war by manipulating intelligence and exploiting the fears of American people in the wake of September 11.